Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 12/09/11
A Daily Spiritual Seed
Weekend Edition:
December 9-11, 2011
| Contents: - Weekend Scripture Readings - Spiritual Guidance - Discussion Board highlights - Affiliate Web Sites - Theology Note of the Week - Web Site of the Week - Spiritual Growth Resources. - Book of the Week - Saint of the Week - Joke of the Week - - - Sunday: Is 61:1-2a, 10-11; Lk 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54; 1 Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 R. (Is 61:10b) My soul rejoices in my God.  My soul proclaims the greatness of the
Lord;my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked upon his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has remembered his promise of mercy - - - Amazon
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Women's Spiritual Dynamics: holistic, flexible, sensible
Christian spirituality for women. - - - Theology Note of the
Week Monarchianism (mono - "one"; arche - "rule") was an error concerning the nature of God that developed in the second century A.D. It arose as an attempt to maintain monotheism and refute tritheism. Unfortunately, it also contradicts the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity. Monarchianism teaches that there is one God as one person: the Father. |
Featured Spiritual
Growth Resources
Lulu.com bookstore: Philip St. Romain spotlight - http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/shalomplace  Here you will find a number of selections on Christian spirituality in both paperback and eBook formats. 25% discount to December 14! Use coupon code: BUYMYBOOK305 - - - Book (movie) of the Week The Nativity Story, a movie. 2006 - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MGBM1I/ref=noism/christianspiritu/  I might have recommended this
movie last year, but it's worth mentioning again. If you have not
seen it, you can pick up a copy from Amazon.com through the link above
for less than $10.00. This is a great way to remember the birth
of Christ, and the struggles of both Mary and Joseph in their coming to
accept their roles in salvation history.Make the Christian Spirituality Bookstore your starting point for online shopping at Amazon.com. You can buy books, cds, videotapes, software, appliances and many other products at discount prices. As Amazon.com affiliate, we are paid a small fee for purchases originating from our web site. Every little bit helps! http://shalomplace.com/books/index.html - - - Saint of the Week - http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/saint.aspx?id=1222 St. Lucy (d. 304): December 13  Every little girl
named Lucy must bite her tongue in disappointment when she first tries
to find out what there is to know about her patron saint. The older
books will have a lengthy paragraph detailing a small number of
traditions. Newer books will have a lengthy paragraph showing that
there is little basis in history for these traditions. The single fact
survives that a disappointed suitor accused Lucy of being a Christian
and she was executed in Syracuse (Sicily) in the year 304. But it is
also true that her name is mentioned in the First Eucharistic Prayer,
geographical places are named after her, a popular song has her name as
its title and down through the centuries many thousands of little girls
have been proud of the name Lucy.One can easily imagine what a young Christian woman had to contend with in pagan Sicily in the year 300. If you have trouble imagining, just glance at today's pleasure-at-all-costs world and the barriers it presents against leading a good Christian life. Her friends must have wondered aloud about this hero of Lucy's, an obscure itinerant preacher in a far-off captive nation that had been destroyed more than 200 years before. Once a carpenter, he had been crucified by the Roman soldiers after his own people turned him over to the Roman authorities. Lucy believed with her whole soul that this man had risen from the dead. Heaven had put a stamp on all he said and did. To give witness to her faith she had made a vow of virginity. What a hubbub this caused among her pagan friends! The kindlier ones just thought her a little strange. To be pure before marriage was an ancient Roman ideal, rarely found but not to be condemned. To exclude marriage altogether, however, was too much. She must have something sinister to hide, the tongues wagged. Lucy knew of the heroism of earlier virgin martyrs. She remained faithful to their example and to the example of the carpenter, whom she knew to be the Son of God. She is the patroness of eyesight. - - - Joke of the Week - Irresistible . . . The artist tried to concentrate on his work, but the attraction he felt for his model finally became irresistible. He threw down his palette, took her in his arms and kissed her. She pushed him away. "Maybe your other models let you kiss them," she said. "I've never tried to kiss a model before," he swore. "Really?" she said, softening, "How many models have there been?" "Four," he replied, "A jug, two apples, and a vase." *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Web Resource of the Week Advent Conspiracy - http://www.adventconspiracy.org/ This is the web site to promote a movie by the same name. You might consider purchasing it, but even if you don't, be sure to click the link that reads "Check it out" for a short, excellent message that will surely challenge you in a very healthy way. |
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